Three Pillars: Second Chance
Session 11
The Tainted Past
Flaming One
When we last left our two damnsels, I gave away the fact that something bad was going to happen, and it did.
Dina O'Shire
<and how...>
Flaming One
Any initial panic reactions (all you know is something big and multicolored is pouring out of the hole that he drill just digged)?
Dina O'Shire
<DAMNsels... funny...>
Penny Gronbeck
<wow, not bad...>
Dina O'Shire
<dina was preparing the rote for increased eyesight and readying her rifle>
Flaming One
Sara?
Flaming One
Frantic w/ Kittemer, last I checked.
Matthew Hammer
I think Sara was diving for the ground, being a bit closer to the action than her sniper friend
Flaming One
The drill, with the sound of torn metal, is thrown aside by a sudden torrent of multicolored light. Though brighter than the sun, the area around you all gets darker, and colder.
Flaming One
Sara, as you hit the ground, you see the stream form into a sort of snakey cloud. Occasionally, you think you can see faces in the midsts.
Flaming One
The crowd is panicing. Screaming. Running, trampling. Chaos is rampant.
Flaming One
Sara, make be a Dex+Dogde, diff 7 roll for me to avoid being trampled on by the teeming masses.
Matthew Hammer
Uh, one success
Flaming One
Dina: Perform your rote (diff 4)
Dina O'Shire
<dina is assembling her rifle, quickly but methodically, praying out loud> Ye be nah tha' far from me, o' Lord... oh me Strength, i ask Ye ta be 'elpin' me...
Dina O'Shire
<2 successes>
Flaming One
Sara: As the chaos breaks around you, you try to avoid being trampled on. Unfortunately, you get in a little of a scrap. Soak a level of bashing damage.
Matthew Hammer
Uh, yeah right. I love snakes.
Dina O'Shire
<she locks the bolt into place and begins setting single rounds on the window sill in front of her> God be grantin' me strength.... bless'd be tha Lord me strength, wit' Ye ta be a-guidin' me 'and i go ta war, me spirit ta fight fer Ye...
Flaming One
Dina: You feel the rush as your eyes focus on the task at hand. You can see the cloud swarming above. As the people begin fleeing however, it begins to crash down on them like a force possesed.
Dina O'Shire
[private]<she's gonna aim her first shot at the heart itself, NOT the girl holding it... paranoid though she may be, she really hasn't any hard proof this chick is evil... but she's pretty sure the heart is>
Matthew Hammer
If she can, Sara speaks an Enochian invocation of true sight.
Flaming One
Sara: The cloud breaks into a large number of separate streams, racing throught the crowd. You can see dirt raining down over near where George used to be, smell something like sulfur from somewhere, and blood curdling screams from all around.
Matthew Hammer
(Spirit and Prime that is)
Flaming One
Dina, no private declarations, please (unless you have something to hide ;)
Matthew Hammer
Yeah you Bitca!
Flaming One
Sara: Purpose? Just to try to get a good sight on things? Diff 5 because of disractions.
Flaming One
distractions, sorry.
Dina O'Shire
<dina locks the completed rifle into place on its tripod and leans relaxedly against the window... as she leans into the scope she completes her prayer...> me goodness, me fortress, me 'ightower an' me deliverer, me shield and Ye in 'oom i put me trust... let me strike ring true... and she fires- at the heart itself...>
Matthew Hammer
To see if this is magical, and what is the cause.
Dina O'Shire
<she's gonna aim her first shot at the heart itself, NOT the girl holding it... paranoid though she may be, she really hasn't any hard proof this chick is evil... but she's pretty sure the heart is>
Matthew Hammer
(4 successes)
Flaming One
Well, dina, that would work really well if she was still there, but in the chaos, you have momentarily lost track of her.
Flaming One
Sara: You chant the familiar words. As you do, you can better see the screaming forms in the cloud, vengeful spirits wailing down upon the living.
Dina O'Shire
<she continues searching for a target... keeping her left eye open- her right still in the scope- she scans over the confusion.... is there any way to pull a life/prime trace on that heart?>
Flaming One
Sara: Somewhere near you, her hear a sickening pop/squish sound. You feel something warm on your left hand. Turning, you can see what appears to be Kittemer's head, but now much more concaved.
Flaming One
Dina: From this distance, nope. Anyway, its dead. Real dead.
Dina O'Shire
<ooc: damn! didn't see THAT coming!>
Dina O'Shire
<she continues to scan the crowded chaos down below, lookin' for badd'uns...>
Matthew Hammer
Sara scrambles upright and starts running towards the abbey.
Flaming One
Dina: You search through the crowd, cooling ignoring the rampant destruction beneath. After a moment, you think you catch a glimpse of her: she is running for the hole. Roll Per+Awareness.
Flaming One
Sara: You crawl backwards and stumble to your feat. In the distance, you hear mutterings of a prayer---you think you can see a few habits bent in prayer over near the tents, but you cannot tell who is there. YOu begin to run towards the abbey.
Dina O'Shire
<8, 2, 3, 8, 1... without any extra dice from her rote>
Flaming One
Dina: You pause for a moment and then notice something; none of the screaming cloud is touching the strange woman.
Dina O'Shire
<closes her left eye and peers through the scope, taking a closer look at the strange woman and how she is affecting the cloud of coloured chaos...>
Flaming One
Sara, as you start running, the it gets very cold near you. Looking down, a black ichor is crawling up your legs. It doesn't hurt, but its worrying the hell out of you.
Flaming One
Dina: It is hard to tell. She isn't doing anything active except running for the hole. She's almost there.
Dina O'Shire
<can dina get a bead on the heart specifically?>
Flaming One
It would be pretty difficult. She's moving pretty fast, and its not a large target.
Flaming One
Sara? Dina?
Dina O'Shire
<her breathing controlled, she leans into the scope further to take a closer look at the hole... she's not gonna take this shot and take another life unless she knows for damn sure this girl is evil... she's been the reason for enough innocent deaths...>
Flaming One
Ack!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
So anyway, you can see Kirin being a jackass at www.expira.com/vanessa. I just mailed you an ICQ chat I had with Vanessa about this...
Flaming One
Matt died and took Jamey with him...
Dina O'Shire
who'd we lose? matt
Justin Robinson-Prickett
That was to you, Teddy...
Flaming One
O, thanks Justin.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
What happened?
Dina O'Shire
thanx justin!
Flaming One
;0
Dina O'Shire
now everyone can see kirin being a jackass!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Sorry, my bad. But Kirin is being a jackass and it's online!
Flaming One
I knew you guys where busy while I was killing everyone!
Dina O'Shire
heh... makes sense to me...
Flaming One
Well, we'll have to wait for Matt to reconnect... grrr....
Dina O'Shire
actually tj, justin & i weren't privating during the killing scene!
Dina O'Shire
are you kidding!?!
Dina O'Shire
i'm totally focused on the task at hand!
Flaming One
Yess, suuure. (Note to self, Dina must pay BIG).
Dina O'Shire
we were privating BEFORE the scene started...
Flaming One
Hey, Jamey.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I was all quiet and shit...
Dina O'Shire
no serriously!
Flaming One
Hey Matt.
Matthew Hammer
uh, hi
Flaming One
Get disconnected?
Dina O'Shire
hello operator?
Matthew Hammer
yes
Flaming One
What did you get last?
Matthew Hammer
I dunno, all hell was breaking loose.
Matthew Hammer
and DIna was just seeing the woman running for the hole, and was still trying to shoot the heart.
Flaming One
K, you started running. You noticed a bunch of nuns near the tents, but didn't know who. You also started to have a black ichor run up your legs that didn't hurt, but scared the living daylights out of you.
Dina O'Shire
<ooc: black ichor ALWAYS scares the hell outta me!>
Flaming One
Dina: YOu cannot see down the the hole from here. YOu can see wreckage of the equipment, but that's it.
Matthew Hammer
Oh yeah, and black junk.
About that, Sara shouts the three Qabbalistic words of Disjointment and Prime blasts the stuff.
Flaming One
K. That would be prime 4?
Matthew Hammer
Nope, Prime 2
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Oh, fine... HE gets Prime 4...
Flaming One
Ah, the minor thwap. Okay, diff 5.
Dina O'Shire
<for once, dina will hesitate before killing... all those colors and shapes in chaos are reminding her all too much of the innocent souls she's laid to rest before... she will continue to wait patiently and watch the girl...>
Matthew Hammer
(If you're talking Flames of Purification, that only affects inanimate matter and forces)
Flaming One
The tents are being upturned by the churning morass.
Matthew Hammer
Fucking God-Damn shit. I quit.
(6,5,1,1,1)
Call me when I wake up.
Flaming One
Dina: The girl climbs into the hole. And disappears.
Flaming One
Damn it all to hell, Matt! Of course, that was a Prime 2 effect which I called coincidental so that is only 2 'dox.... anyway.
Dina O'Shire
<dina continues her steady breathing and begins to scan the crowd with her left eye again, looking specifically for william, george, kittemer, sara, and always going back to the hole to check...>
Flaming One
Sara: You scream out the words, but they seem wrong, out of place. The ichor seems to coming at you with renewed power. Its under your clothes now....
Matthew Hammer
Is the ichor connected to the cloud o' death?
Flaming One
Dina: The chaos is everywhere, lashing out on all fronts. Dead lay everywhere. The place is a mess. It is hard to find anything. Make a Per+Alterness roll, diff 8.
Flaming One
Sara: Its not coming out of it, but you believe it probably caused by it in some manner. As it nears your waits, it feels like it is contracting. YOu are getting dizzy.
Matthew Hammer
[private]Shoulda been vulgar anyway. :^)
Flaming One
[private to Matthew Hammer] I'm being nice right now.
Dina O'Shire
<does she get any extra dice from the success of the sensory rote?>
Flaming One
Yup.
Dina O'Shire
<then that would be four successes! - with the two extra dice>
Matthew Hammer
I think she'll do it again.
Flaming One
Diff 7 now (+1 retry and +1 distraction)
Flaming One
Dina: You find where you last saw Sara. You do not see here, but nearby you can see Kittemer; he is face down and a pool of gore if forming near his temple. William is where you left him; standing stiff as a stone. It is not a natural stance; something is very wrong there. George? YOu do not see George.
Matthew Hammer
Is it a retry, it's an attack more than an attempt to alter anything.
Anyway, she botches.
Flaming One
Well, that's 2 more dox, Matt. That's 4 now?
Matthew Hammer
yup
Flaming One
Sara: The words come out again, again, wrong. Your head is on fire. Light and dark are interchanged, perceptions warping. You stagger to your knees. The ichor is crawling up your hand now, burning you. Soak a level of bashing damage.
Dina O'Shire
<begins to worry, but still calmly scans looking for sara and/or george... she's IS starting to get frantic though, almost ready to dive down into the action... (forces 2 can give the equivalent of feather fall, yes? just in case...) >
Flaming One
No, gravity is not a minor force.
Matthew Hammer
okay
Dina O'Shire
<true enough... course a little matter could make a rope go a long way, yes?>
Flaming One
Dina: You can stretch it, yes, but you are going to weaken it at the same time (w/ hyust 2(
Matthew Hammer
[private]Tha's not what the book says. Under level 2 forces.
Flaming One
[private to Matthew Hammer] Forces 2 is affect minor correct? She might be able to make gravity somewhat less, but its a high tower, its not a feather fall.... now, she could try to transfer the kinetic energy of the impact into something else....)
Matthew Hammer
[private]It's just under "energy shield" it says
"By deflecting gravity, the mage can make himself essentially weightless, able to float or levetate, even controlloing direction ..."
Dina O'Shire
<dina continues to watch from her vantage point>
Matthew Hammer
[private]Sorry, and Energy Shield is forces 2
Matthew Hammer
[private]I'm done.
Flaming One
Sara: One of the cloud is pouring down on you. Through the haze, you see a face; an angry male face. Its screaming at you.... in Polish?
Flaming One
[private to Matthew Hammer] My books are packed, unfortunately. Thats from Mag 2nd or Rev? That's a bit odd---a little more powerful than what I'd give it. But I'll review for a later time. Thanks for the tip.
Matthew Hammer
Sara tries to concentrate on what he(?) is saying.
Flaming One
Dina: Out of the corner of your eye, you notice a group of nuns near the ruins of the tents. They are all kneeling and praying, but several streaming our pounding them. It is brutal.
Flaming One
Sara: Throught he haze, it is difficult, but its something like: "Twister fiend! Twister fiend! Cannot have... cannot have!"
Flaming One
Dina: You spot Sara. She is being hounded by one of the streamers. She looks pained. Still no sign of George, or anything from the hole.
Dina O'Shire
<THAT will urge her into action! first, to give the nuns confidence until her arrival, she would like to attempt a forces 2/prime 2 effect to create a glowing cross above them.... then, with her next action she will grow claws (life 3) with which to climb down the side of the abbey tower>
Dina O'Shire
<actually, cancel her second action>
Matthew Hammer
Sara feebly tries to push the ichor off as the noise and pain batters her.
Flaming One
Okay, that would be a vulgar, w/o witnesses (things are very strange) --- diff 6.
Dina O'Shire
<she's a sniper... her second action (the next round) will be to enchant some rounds with prime and fire them at the raging spirits, seeing if she can even wound them>
Flaming One
What, that was for Dina...
Flaming One
Sara: Okay, diff 6.
Dina O'Shire
<dina gets 1 success...>
Matthew Hammer
Uh, huh?
Flaming One
Dina: A faint cross begins to burn above the nun's heads, but you don't think there is anyone who can see.
Flaming One
Sara: Pushing w/ Pime? Or normal? 2+4 for the effect is 6, correct?
Matthew Hammer
Uh, sure. I'll take a success.
Dina O'Shire
<is it possible without correspondence to channel more prime energy into the glowing cross? spending quint / willpower if necessary...>
Flaming One
Its your effect, Dina.
Flaming One
Sara: Finally, some effect. The ichor pauses, and your mind clears a bit. But the screaming head yells something incoherent that sprawls you to the ground (soak a bashing level).
Dina O'Shire
<dina believes the sight of the cross charged with prime will drive off these evil spirits, who are obviously the enemies of God... she will continue to pump her energy into the cross, praying as she does so...> God be grantin' me strength.... bless'd be tha Lord me strength, wit' Ye ta be a-guidin' me 'and i go ta war, me spirit ta fight fer Ye...
Flaming One
Dina: How much quint you want to juice it w?
Matthew Hammer
no, I don't want to. (or at least my dice don't)
Flaming One
Sara: The face is angry. "Twister! We know you are here! You cannot hide! Cannot have!"
Dina O'Shire
<the max of two... (quint max= prime rating, yes?)>
Flaming One
Avatar, deary.
Dina O'Shire
<oh... same difference... two for that too...>
Dina O'Shire
<she continues to pray> good Lord, let me Angel o' Thine charge yer most 'oly sign... tha o' tha Savior, tha' yer bless'd children be saved...
Flaming One
Dina: The cross glows brighter, slightly offsetting the darkness. The cloud seems oblivious. You think you hear the scream of the Mother superior.
Penny Gronbeck
oh no!
Matthew Hammer
Sara tries to strggle up, pushing at the ichor again.
Flaming One
Sara struggles to the side. pushing at the ichor. Your hands push through it this time, feeling nothing... it is gone... but why? The face seems distracted as well. The air is full of tensions.
Dina O'Shire
<time for action... dina will grasp her mother's pendant, praying for stamina, then next turn run down the abbey stairs to the ground to help her fellows hands on...>
Dina O'Shire
me goodness, me fortress, me 'ightower an' me deliverer, me shield and Ye in 'oom i put me trust... let me strike ring true...
Flaming One
Dina: You feel the rush as it floods you.As you get to the bottom, you feel something else, a great expulsions of air....
Matthew Hammer
Sara looks up, searching for the spirit's new focus.
Dina O'Shire
<from whence do they expulse?>
Flaming One
Light, a great light, suddenly shoots out of the hole, along with it vast amount of air.... also, a scream....
Flaming One
The cloud beings to quake, shimmering. An unholy wail rings through the air as the forms twist and bend. Then, as the sound breaks, and with it, the cloud.
Dina O'Shire
<damn it all! back up the stairs to get a better look!>
Matthew Hammer
This is where you say segue, isn't it?
Flaming One
I thinks that a great idea!
Dina O'Shire
<ooc: i thought i felt that coming on too... ;) >
Penny Gronbeck
it's all about the suspension points....
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]Are we ever getting XP?
Darkness and Light
Flaming One
So, Portland? ANd beating up old ladies?
Dina O'Shire
so, did anyone catch where i got dina's prayer from?
Penny Gronbeck
that'd be me!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Private Ryan?
Dina O'Shire
and justin gets the gold star!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Wasn't even listening... psycho with a gun, praying... gotta be Jackson.
Jamey Minnis
I'm with justin on this one.
Flaming One
The Scene: older woman of african descent crouched on the floor of her apartment. She is surrounded by two young thugs...err heroes. ;)
Flaming One
Action!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon would like to search the apartment for Mrs. Routterage.
Penny Gronbeck
I thought this was Ms. Routterage.
Flaming One
Well, one of you is right.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
It is. No one's told Damon.
Flaming One
Damon: Your search through the apartment turns up two things: first, there is no one else in the apartment; two, this woman has a lot of skulls, hair samples, bones, candles and other freaky voodoo stuff.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Interesting. Damon will scan the lot of it with Spirit and Prime.
Penny Gronbeck
I'd like to make sure Ms. Routterage is okay.
Flaming One
Ivy: She's still glaring at you, but she only seems a bit bruised after you healed her.
Penny Gronbeck
well, then I'd like to heal her some more.
Flaming One
Damon: You take your time. The great spirit presence that was here before is somewhat lessoned, but a great spiritual ressonance sits with the items and the entire place.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Interesting. I'll go have a chat with the nice lady
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon walks into the living room, ignoring the woman and Ivy. He closes and locks the door.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Then he takes a seat in a chair, facing them.
Flaming One
Ivy: Diff 7.
Penny Gronbeck
that'd be 2, then.
Flaming One
She is healed. She stilldoesn't have a look of trust on her face.
Flaming One
Damon: Note to self; Sebastian is *not* in here.
Penny Gronbeck
well, I can't fix that part...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Where is he?
Flaming One
Routterage does not say anything.
Flaming One
Damon: Last you checked, outside. He could not get in.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Very well. Damon turns to Mrs. Routterage, a look of eerie calm on his face.
Penny Gronbeck
I don't suppose life 3 is enough to mess with brain chemistry with any kind of accuracy?
Flaming One
No. Brutal actions w/ life 3, baby.
Penny Gronbeck
ah well.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"This apartment has neither the size nor the location to allow servants. I am left to conclude that you are Mrs. Routterage. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Damon Rothchild."
Flaming One
Routterage continues her stoney look.
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy will back off a little.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Ah, not one for hospitality. Very well. Now I am going to ask you some questions. You will answer them all, in full. Do you understand?"
Flaming One
The old lady looks at you. "You come to me house, almost kill me, and then wish me to be civil, boy? This world, she is coming to and end, I swear."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon leans back in the chair, idly toying with the box.
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy folds her arms and shrugs.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"If you had invited us in, and not summoned the Nexus Crawler, perhaps I would be in a better mood. You did. I am not."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Tell me about the apocalypse."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon is preternaturally calm. At peace here.
Flaming One
Routterage: "Hmmph. Old lady likes to be left alone. Don't have to invite anyone at any time. Any *civilized* boy would know that."
Flaming One
Routterage: "Apocalypse? I can tell you know more den what da papers say." She looks at you intently. "You've seen it. YOu've seen the storms. You know what I know, probably."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon's mouth widens in a reptilian smile. "If you do not answer all of my questions, I shall be forced to invite more guests... you don't want that anymore than I do."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I have seen the storms, yes. I don't know their origins."
Flaming One
She snorts. "The dead war w/ themselves. It is the sign of the times. The dark times, I hear. I know no more."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Tell me more about the apocalypse, Mrs. Routterage."
Jamey Minnis
uh, is this still on?
Jamey Minnis
the text just disappeared.
Flaming One
Yup, a little distraction.... I didn't have that problem, though...
Penny Gronbeck
neither did I.
Flaming One
The woman seems a little anoyed. "By the spirits, boy! You come to me house and you want to know about the end of the world? I told you, I don't know! I am just a spirit talker, boy, not the Queen of the Dead!"
Penny Gronbeck
are her life signs normal enough that I can watch them to see if she's lying?
Flaming One
Life isn't a great indicator of that....
Penny Gronbeck
k.
Flaming One
brb...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"A spirit talker, then? What do your spirits say? Are you so incompetent that a sixteen year old boy can tell you how to do your job?"
Flaming One
The woman glares at you. "Da spirits not talkin', boy. De don't like us messing in their affairs. If you could do 'my' job, why don't you know?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Touche, Mrs. Routterage."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Why do you serve the Wyrm, Mrs. Routterage?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon keeps a calm and steady cadence to his voice. It is barely at a speaking level.
Flaming One
Routterage: " Worm? What 'dis Worm? I don't know a Worm."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]May I make an Intelligence + Cosmology about the Wyrm?
Flaming One
[private to Justin Robinson-Prickett] Sure, you can try. Not your field though, so diff 8.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Your pet. The one I defeated. They are beasts of the Wyrm. They serve you. Ergo..."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
3 successes
Flaming One
"Me spirit? It was weak when I found it. I know it would make me strong. I bound it. Simple as 'dat. Nothing about a worm."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Fascinating. I am now going to check your soul for its marks. You have my word that is all I will do. For now."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
TJ - I do so... and what info do I get on the Wyrm roll?
Flaming One
[private to Justin Robinson-Prickett] Well, its a mythological beast that supposedly represents entropy. Said be be a tad insane, and is mostly an entity of the bad sorts of entropy.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]Corrupt, then?
Flaming One
[private to Justin Robinson-Prickett] I haven't told you if she is corrupt yet. I just answered your wyrm question.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
[private]I know. I meant that the Wyrm is corrupt.
Flaming One
Okay: This place is warded. Heavily. You ain't her, so you are going to need to overcome a +4 penalty. So Spriti 1 + 3 + 4 = 8 diff. before modifiers.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
:) So Diff 5 for Damon?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
2 success 0, 8, 6, 1
Flaming One
There are markings on her; something dark has touched her soul. It is not strong, but it is there.
Flaming One
[private to Justin Robinson-Prickett] You can conclude that the Wyrm is corrupt.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"You bear its mark, Mrs. Routterage."
Flaming One
The woman eyes you. "We become like what we touch, boy; sympathy works both ways. Remember that."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon involuntarily glances at Ivy. "Uh... yes... I.." Damon pauses. "How many of these creatures serve you?"
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy looks back, also involuntarily. Then returns to watching Ms. Routterage.
Flaming One
Routterage straigthens: "Just the one. De be too much to manage more! But now it is gone. YOu destroyed it, did you not?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"No. I did not. Despite my recent actions, I mislike rudeness."
Matthew Hammer
[private]Talk to you later.
Flaming One
Damn, Matt took Jamey w/ him again. :o
Flaming One
But Jamey will be back, I assume.
Flaming One
Anyway...
Flaming One
Routterage slumps again. "Even worse. It'll be after me now; its probably free, thanks to you." She looks at you some. "Might even want after you."
Flaming One
Matt loves you Jamey.
Jamey Minnis
I'm goin' to slap his bitch ass around pretty soon here...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"You defeated it when weak. I defeated it while strong. I assure you, I am not worried."
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy looks a little concerned, but more confused than anything else. She keeps watching Ms. Routterage.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"However, I am willing to protect you."
Flaming One
Routterage looks at you a bit puzzled. "You are a strange one. But I am safe here. I know how to protect meself from less physical harm." She glances at Ivy.
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy looks down. "I'm sorry I kicked your ass, but it seemed like a good idea at the time."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Very well. Consider the offer open, if your pet comes seeking come-uppance. And if you learn anything more, don't hesitate to contact me."
Flaming One
She shakes her head again. "You are a strange one indeed, Mr. Damon."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon rises, and holds out his hand to the woman.
Flaming One
Routterage stands by herself but gives you her hand. "I do be telling you one thing though; I do like me sleep. If you wished a visit; it is the morning time that is best."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon nods. "Then accept my apologies for this inconvenience. Good night to you."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon turns to leave.
Flaming One
She nods.
Penny Gronbeck
"I, uh, hope we meet under better circumstances next time."
Flaming One
Routterage stands her bat against the wall where she retreieved it. "Yes, little one. Do knock."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
We leave.
Flaming One
You leave. Sebastian is there.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Sebastian. Thank you for waiting."
Penny Gronbeck
"Worm?"
Flaming One
Sebastian says nothing.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Hmm? Oh, yes. Wyrm. As in synonym for 'dragon.'"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
We talk as we leave.
Penny Gronbeck
"Okay, wyrm. Wyrm?"
Flaming One
The complex is just as you left it. The bangers out front are gone, though.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"A great spirit of corruption. Kind of like an unholy ghost."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon would like to find a payphone (reminding himself to ask his father for a cell phone) and call a cab.
Penny Gronbeck
"So it's not a PC thing...."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"PC?"
Penny Gronbeck
"Politically Correct. My sister talks about it sometimes."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"No, I imagine that the Wyrm's politics are quite incorrect."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"That monster out in the hall was one of its servants."
Penny Gronbeck
"Oh, the black thing."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Yeah. That thing."
Flaming One
The pay phone is not in mint condition. There is a little glass left. But the dial tone works. The cab will be there in 20 minutes (not a good part of town).
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon goes and sits down to wait.
Penny Gronbeck
Ivy will sit with him, but keep an eye on things around them.
Flaming One
The cab arrives. It is getting a bit cold.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
We get in, and go home.
Flaming One
Okay. Done deal. I'm thinkin you can converse (if you wish) over e-mail and we go to eagle lake? Sound fair?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Sounds good. We want XP!!!
Penny Gronbeck
sounds fine.
Flaming One
No, you want XP! ;)
The Enemy Within
Flaming One
Jamey! Wake-up call!
Jamey Minnis
sorry, I was chatting with teddy about his hot cousin and mom...
Dina O'Shire
sorry from me too... ;)
Flaming One
Haven't seen either, but if they ain't polish and my wife, I have no comment.
Dina O'Shire
smart man tj... smart man...
Jamey Minnis
good call, TJ.
Jamey Minnis
you'll live much longer that way...
Flaming One
Anyway: smokey ruins of that place you keep on going back to.
Jamey Minnis
what if they aren't polish but are your wife?
Jamey Minnis
You know, I'm really not sure what to do at this point.
Flaming One
Well, unless something happens to current wife, that ain't applicable.
Jamey Minnis
Runs just kinda sits there and blinks.
Dina O'Shire
<logan follows suit, drooling a bit as well...>
Jamey Minnis
'apparently the fire got out of hand.'
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George stops. "Oh yeah. We remodeled this place, didn't we?"
Penny Gronbeck
"Remodeled like arsonists, maybe."
Jamey Minnis
'Perhaps we should go somewhere more discreet to think about this.'
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Sounds good."
Flaming One
Where to, Jeeves?
Jamey Minnis
how about the cairn? Do we have any clues anyone remembers other than the book of matches?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Nope.
Dina O'Shire
<speaking through a good bit of drool> hey eh, what about that blockbuster?
Dina O'Shire
or mebbe that other bar place, eh?
Jamey Minnis
the other bar place?
Flaming One
[THe bar was the matches]
Dina O'Shire
never did check them out good, did we, eh?
Penny Gronbeck
"This was it, Logan."
Jamey Minnis
'I don't think we'll get much there. That didn't appear to be the locus of anything. Perhaps if we went in the evening we could find the people responsible there.'
Dina O'Shire
well, yeah, uh, but that bar place eh... never found nothing there uh did we, eh?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Uh... if we do, we're gonna get in a fight."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"And it's gonna be a fight you guys can't, you know, get all wolfy in."
Dina O'Shire
<logan grins a big tooth-and-drool-filled grin>
Penny Gronbeck
"Logan, if you just want beer, we could get some somewhere.... Canadians..."
Jamey Minnis
'true.'
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Quit drooling in human form, you canucklehead. You look like you should be on a short bus."
Jamey Minnis
'is there a better way?'
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I don't see one."
Flaming One
<ooc: del scorcher is not very hot.. And I should have started playing Fallout many years ago...>
Dina O'Shire
<at 'beer' even MORE drool begins to flow from logan's mouth>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Fallout rules.
Flaming One
Haven't finished yet. Don't ruin the end for me. ;)
Jamey Minnis
TJ - would I see a tainted human in the umbra? Would I see the spirits that are in them?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Tainted humans aren't possessed. Only fomori are.
Jamey Minnis
would the bane that is tainting them leave a noticable impression?
Flaming One
Well: YOu can't really see the other side very well, you see (from either side).
Jamey Minnis
would the bane or taint spirit or whatever be hanging around in the spirit world, though...?
Flaming One
From the other side: Depending on the power: Low: no. High: probably. No, thed be in the physical, possessing the dude.
Jamey Minnis
ok.
Dina O'Shire
<tj: dude... DEL SCOR-CHO! have some respect for the taco man! ;) >
Jamey Minnis
So we have a bar that we can't go into because the people there hate indians.
Jamey Minnis
we have a blockbuster that we just don't have a good way to get info from.
Jamey Minnis
we have a deat tainted guy whose house had no good clues.
Jamey Minnis
we have a burned down factory without any clues left.
Jamey Minnis
that about covers what I can see.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
we have a drooling canadian!
Jamey Minnis
that is true.
Penny Gronbeck
who wants beer.
Jamey Minnis
we also have a horny human who wants to bang a werewolf.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Uh... yeah, I do.
Penny Gronbeck
and a werewolf with a very loud biological clock.
Jamey Minnis
heh.
Flaming One
Tick.
Dina O'Shire
hey eh, we can always stake one of them places uh out, eh?
Flaming One
Tock.
Jamey Minnis
That's about all I can figure. The blockbuster will be a bust.
Dina O'Shire
and how 'bout that car we uh passed a while back there eh?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Steak sounds pretty good."
Jamey Minnis
Is there any place we can hang out nearby and be able to watch both the factory and the bar without being seen?
Dina O'Shire
<logan ceases talking and begins drooling again>
Penny Gronbeck
Demeter nods. "I could eat."
Penny Gronbeck
"Logan could eat too."
Flaming One
[private to Dina O'Shire] What is good at Del? I've only been their twice and so far, nothing spectacular...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"I think we should eat then watch the bar all night."
Dina O'Shire
<grinning as his drool splatters upon the ashen ground...>
Dina O'Shire
[private]chicken soft tacos man... it's ALL about the chicken soft tacos...
Penny Gronbeck
"We could get a lot of takeout and bring it back, if people are worried about time."
Flaming One
No. You can watch one or the other (I have my suggestion)
Dina O'Shire
[private]or, you can always go for the macho grande burrito- that's a classic...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
We listen to the Gods' suggestion.
Flaming One
Well, this factory doesn't look very interesting anymore, being burnt and all.
Jamey Minnis
yep.
Jamey Minnis
my choice was going to be bar over factory.
Flaming One
Sounds good to me.
Jamey Minnis
'George - when does the bar open?' (or did I notice on the sign on the door?)
Flaming One
It about noon now.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
We get takeoout and stakeout.
Flaming One
It opens about 6.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
We wait till dark!
Dina O'Shire
<logan drools his approval (you didn't think it was possible, but it is!)>
Dina O'Shire
mmmmmm... it's a steak-out...
Jamey Minnis
Are there any good places a wolfcould hide near enough to smell taint?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George kills time by flirting clumsily with Demeter.
Flaming One
K. Take 5 (I need to...) Or, Nexus Crawler vs Dina. discuss amongst yourselves....
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Nexus Crawler!
Jamey Minnis
Nexus Crawler!
Penny Gronbeck
Demeter starts flirting back a little.
Penny Gronbeck
Nexus crawler, definitely.
Dina O'Shire
nexus crawler!
Dina O'Shire
hey!
Dina O'Shire
wait a sec!
Dina O'Shire
so tonight was a turnaround... dina, in a belltower, and she didn't even kill anyone...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I gotta make Dina kneel before Damon...
Dina O'Shire
somehow i feel i've cheated myself!
Dina O'Shire
i can't wait until they meet...
Penny Gronbeck
Justin: you say that about almost everyone.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I do at that.
Jamey Minnis
yeah - I commented to justin that Dina was making a bid for saint of killers until this recent turn of conscience.
Dina O'Shire
dude... she's a knockout!
Penny Gronbeck
Dina is?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Ivy is.
Dina O'Shire
(guess so... i got money today and bought some social d... justin understands...)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Yes I do.
Penny Gronbeck
yes, Ivy is... couldn't tell who the 'she' referred to.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
And Social D rules.
Flaming One
Okay, Nexus crawler wins!
Dina O'Shire
hmmmmm... dina... saint of killers... suddenly, teddy has a great new goal for her...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
We called it!
Penny Gronbeck
there wasn't even any dispute.
Dina O'Shire
damn, i even got it right...
Dina O'Shire
sure there was- matt voted for dina... ;)
Flaming One
Dina, I'm not sure that would be a good idea....
Flaming One
So, food. Yum.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
You taunt me!
Dina O'Shire
<logan drools>
Flaming One
Around nightfall, the bar starts to fill. Cars go in. People go in.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
We watch. George stops flirting.
Flaming One
Int+alertness rolls, diff 7 and 8, Jamey.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
But he starts up forty minutes later.
Dina O'Shire
<unless anyone stops him, logan will head into the bar as soon as he smells food...>
Jamey Minnis
hold on a sec
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Logan... no! Heel! Hang on! I'll get you another happy meal!"
Penny Gronbeck
Demeter will flirt back a little, and get distracted by the bar, and go on like that.
Dina O'Shire
<logan stops mid-stride and begins looking at his foot...>
Penny Gronbeck
"Logan, they've only got American beer."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Logan... it's got a toy surprise!"
Dina O'Shire
<logan sneers at 'american beer'>
Jamey Minnis
2368900
Dina O'Shire
mmmmmmmmm... toy surprise.... <he nibbles it a bit...>
Jamey Minnis
1336890
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I wonder whose ICQ number that is...
Jamey Minnis
4 and 2
Penny Gronbeck
I was thinking phone #.
Dina O'Shire
justin: heh! that's what i thought too
Jamey Minnis
no one I know...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Come on, Logan... happy meal, Logan..."
Penny Gronbeck
Demeter makes a mental note to pick up emergency Labatt's before their next stakeout.
Dina O'Shire
<logan tears into his happy meal, but stops halfway through and stares fixedly at the picture of grimace... that MUST be wolf-kin, he thinks>
Jamey Minnis
'Logan, stay here.'
Flaming One
Okay. First, you notice the car that the woman you accosted at blockbuseter is here and that the girl who there was driving. The passanger was the clerk.
Jamey Minnis
Interesting...
Flaming One
Second: YOu see another car that looks vaugely familiar. But you can't fully place it. You missed who got out of it.
Jamey Minnis
Was it the car that the random guys who waved to us were driving?
Flaming One
Yes, you think it might be.
Jamey Minnis
Interesting.
Jamey Minnis
Is the parking lot crowded?
Flaming One
Its full, but not terribly.
Dina O'Shire
<are the dogs still leashed out back?>
Flaming One
And you'd tell that how?
Jamey Minnis
Do we hear the dogs barking?
Jamey Minnis
are there people in the parking lot, or just cars?
Dina O'Shire
<hear them barking? smell them? >
Flaming One
1) YOu don't hear them 2) Too many other smells (gas, people, food, happy meal toy...)
Flaming One
Jamey: No people in the lot.
Penny Gronbeck
great... we're werewolves, and we're eating McDonalds....
Justin Robinson-Prickett
HEy... you guys are werewolves. I'm a pissed off indian.
Jamey Minnis
Nah, but going over and being nosy...
Flaming One
And I'm everyone else.
Jamey Minnis
Let's follow the car the random guys drove back to wherever they go.
Dina O'Shire
hey eh, i still wanna talk to them dogs they had back there eh?
Dina O'Shire
but hey, eh, chief, whatever you, uh, want... eh...
Jamey Minnis
We need to talk to them.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Sure thing, Chief."
Dina O'Shire
talk to who chief?
Flaming One
They are in there for some time. After a moment, you hear some gun fire. Twice. Three times. Its from in the bar.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George starts the car.
Jamey Minnis
OOC: greeeaaattt...
Penny Gronbeck
"fuck..."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
And waits...
Dina O'Shire
<catches himself (just barely) before howling>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Man, I hope this doesn't end like The Wild Bunch."
Dina O'Shire
no kidding eh! mebbe we should go rent that, eh?
Flaming One
All of you (but George) feel a bit nauseous for a moment, then it passes.
Dina O'Shire
uh, nevermind eh...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George grabs another burger... if he's gonne die, he's gonna die full.
Jamey Minnis
'We should wait for them to come out.'
Dina O'Shire
mc-fucking-donalds, eh!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Around his chewing. "Sure, Chief. Whatever you say."
Penny Gronbeck
"Rather than going in while they're shooting.... good idea."
Dina O'Shire
eh chief... you want we should shift a bit, eh?
Dina O'Shire
get ready for action, eh?
Jamey Minnis
'We won't fit in the car that way.'
Dina O'Shire
or keep up the uh stake out, eh...
Flaming One
There is another shot.
Jamey Minnis
'Not exactly my favorite situation.'
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Those don't sound like they're gonna stop."
Jamey Minnis
4 shots?
Dina O'Shire
hey eh- i wanna go see!!! can i can i can i!?!
Flaming One
Total now.
Jamey Minnis
about how many people in there?
Penny Gronbeck
"No, Logan. Stay where you are."
Flaming One
Oh, a bunch. At least 20.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George chokes down the burger and puts his greasy hands on the steering wheel.
Jamey Minnis
TJ - how bad would it be to go in there in Crinos? I know we're not supposed to give away the fact that werewolves exist, but...
Dina O'Shire
<is visibly shaking and drooling, yearning for violence, food, and curiousity... trying his hardest not to instinctively shift and join the fray>
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Oh, man... fucking werewolves..."
Flaming One
Well, there is this delerium thing that makes people pretty forgettful, you see...
Dina O'Shire
<looking expectantly at runs, for any sign of release...>
Jamey Minnis
yeah, I know, but I know we aren't supposed to, but I've never played a werewolf, so how bad is it to let people see you?
Dina O'Shire
<ooc: there's always glabro...>
Flaming One
You see the two men from the car exit the bar. One of them looks a bit---melted? They are pushing one of the women--the clerk--in front of them.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Showtime."
Flaming One
Jamey: Its frowned upon, but unless you do something to actively reveal yourself, its not too bad.
Penny Gronbeck
"This can't be good."
Jamey Minnis
'Get them.'
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George guns the engine and "gets them."
Jamey Minnis
Runs will hop out of the car and shift to Hispo while running toward them.
Dina O'Shire
<logan rushes them, shifting as he moves, not caring at what form he meets them in...>
Dina O'Shire
<his goal is crinos, obviously...>
Penny Gronbeck
Demeter will run toward them, shifting up to glabro.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George waits, then drives up when they've got the bad guys subdued.
Dina O'Shire
<drool spattering the asphalt the entire way...>
Flaming One
George peals the car in front of their car; blocking their exit. The two men look at the two of you rather strangely, the other clutching his arm. The girl, Julie, looks scared and whimpers.
Flaming One
Man: "What the fuck?"
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George points a shotgun at 'em.
Penny Gronbeck
"Maybe you should let go of her."
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Hands up, stupide white men!"
Jamey Minnis
What do these guys look like?
Dina O'Shire
<logan will just barrel into them, arms stretched wide...>
Flaming One
They are dressed comfortably but well off--almost like buisinessmen w/o the ties. One of them looks like his left arm was turned into wax and melted by someone.
Jamey Minnis
Could I sniff for the wonderful scent of taint or magic?
Dina O'Shire
<unless of course george's jeep is in the way, in which case he'll just bounce off of it and stand looking dazed... >
Flaming One
Logan barrels into the one with the hurt arm, knocking him over easily. The other one, a bit stunned at first, shoves Julie forward and levels his gun at Logan.
Flaming One
Initiative!
Jamey Minnis
did we shift yet?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
We don't have stats...
Jamey Minnis
10 - it is wits + alertness + a die?
Flaming One
Jamey: yes, you can. As your combat action. I need to type faster (Dex+Wits+die)
Flaming One
I know. I take care of you guys. You tell me what you do, I tel lyou what happens.
Dina O'Shire
<hmmmmmm... logan's stats... int=1, per=1, wits=4, str=4, sta=4, dex=2, man=1, app=3, chr=1... how's that?>
Jamey Minnis
10, then, still.
Dina O'Shire
<logan uses the momentum from barrelling off the hurt guy to swing around (arms still wide) to swipe the gun out of the other's hands....>
Flaming One
Okay... The guy on the floor shoves Logan off him and attempts to stand.
Penny Gronbeck
Demeter will want to get the girl out of the way.
Jamey Minnis
OK. I'm going to smell for taint and magic.
Dina O'Shire
<oh... logan's on top of the guy... well, then he starts pummeling the guy who's shoving him (completely ignoring the gun- like he learned his lesson last time or something! ;) ) attempting to knock him unconscious... that's what 'get 'em' means to logan...>
Flaming One
Meanwhile, Logan attempts to knock the gun at of the way. However, the guy gets pops off a shot first, but only grazes Logan. Logan's momentum is shot and misses.
Flaming One
Demeter grabs the sobbing Julie and gets her behind.
Dina O'Shire
<yup... logan continues to attempt pummelling the first guy> GET... THEM..
Flaming One
Meanwhile, Locan takes a big wiff of the air... roll-a-roonie
Jamey Minnis
Then, Runs will grab the other guy - which one looks melted?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Stupid fucking white men..."
Dina O'Shire
GET
Dina O'Shire
THEM
Flaming One
Jamey: Sniff or or grab?
Jamey Minnis
sniff.
Flaming One
Then roll.
Jamey Minnis
I don't have a clue what to roll...
Jamey Minnis
hold on...
Flaming One
Per+Occult for both, I belive.
Jamey Minnis
dear god - 68999
Jamey Minnis
and 12490
Jamey Minnis
taint and magic, since I didn't say...
Flaming One
Taint: There is residue taint coming off of the wound. Magic... you smell something, but its unclear where it its coming from.
Jamey Minnis
I'm going to grab the other guy, then.
Jamey Minnis
Are there other people around yet?
Dina O'Shire
GET
Dina O'Shire
THEM
Jamey Minnis
actually, I would like to use my gift coils of the serpent.
Flaming One
No, not yet.
Flaming One
And it does?
Jamey Minnis
I roll dex+occult - each success brings forth serpentine ropes of darkness, mist, or fog to entangle enemies (they each have my stats)
Jamey Minnis
they can only immobolize - they can't be used for anything else.
Flaming One
You'll have to wait a bit (one action a around, boyo!)
Jamey Minnis
I have to concentrate, or they attack the closest person.
Jamey Minnis
yep. I thought we were to next round...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George jumps and shoots at the darkness.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
That has to be "of the Wyrm!"
Flaming One
Whao, boys!
Jamey Minnis
heh. everyone is getting out of hand here...
Flaming One
Okay: No darkness yet. So no shooting yet. But you plan on shooting when the darkness comes, correct George?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Oh hell yes... I thought it would be nice to have my first declaration of the evening.
Flaming One
K, then.
Flaming One
Logan, you attempt to pummel the melted arm guy. You get him a couple good first sandwhiches and he is knocked back.
Flaming One
Meanwhile, the other is shooting again. THis time, he gets Logan in the foot, causing Logan to loose to stumble.
Dina O'Shire
<mmmmmmm.... sandwiches... logan drools all over his foe while continuing his pummelling...>
Flaming One
Just at that moment, the door opens from the front of the bar. Out of it comes a beat up man---but a man with a couple of black armed tenticles and a twisted look on his/its face....
Flaming One
:)
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Oh man..."
Jamey Minnis
Can I change my declaration?
Flaming One
Sure.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Me too! Me too!
Flaming One
:)
Dina O'Shire
<don';t say next week... don't say next week...>
Jamey Minnis
I'd like to shift to Crinos and get the tentacled bugger. Spending a point of rage to shift.
Flaming One
Oh, we can go on... for a little bit...
Penny Gronbeck
<what a suspension point that would've been....>
Flaming One
K. George? Faint?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
I'd like to know where the 2 gunmen are in relation to me.
Jamey Minnis
TJ, you're such a tease...
Flaming One
(Naw. I got a better one).
Dina O'Shire
<unless someone instructs him otherwise, logan will continue to pummel the guy on the ground and get shot at...>
Flaming One
Okay, diagram time:
Penny Gronbeck
(I figured you must.)
Flaming One
Bar-------------------x------------ x is thing in door
Flaming One
Well, I'll wait till Jamey's back to say the rest.
Dina O'Shire
<diaphram time? demeter and george aren't doing it NOW are they?>
Flaming One
Sigh.
Flaming One
Okay: The thing is in the bar doorway.
Jamey Minnis
netmeeting blows.
Flaming One
Gunman 1 is closest to it, facing Logan who is next to him beating up his melted arm partner.
Flaming One
Demeter is next, about 5 feet away, with Julie behind. Beyond that is Runs and George in the Jeep.
Flaming One
Okay. That's where you all are.
Dina O'Shire
<and smiles-at-hounds is sleeping safe and sound in illinois? that lucky fuck! ;) >
Flaming One
Indegestion. Bad happy meal. ;p
Dina O'Shire
heh!
Penny Gronbeck
all happy meals are bad....
Penny Gronbeck
in my unbiased, objective opinion.
Flaming One
Sure, Penny.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
My ass.
Dina O'Shire
<but melted gunmen are GOOD... mmmmmm... melted gunmen.... >
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Declarations?
Jamey Minnis
them little nugget happy meels are good...
Flaming One
I'd like that.
Dina O'Shire
<INDEPENDENCE!>
Jamey Minnis
shift to crinos and spend a point of rage to be able to attack the tentacled bugger.
Dina O'Shire
<or...> GET... THEM...
Flaming One
Someone shoot Teddy. Please.
Flaming One
Get who? Gunmen I assume.
Dina O'Shire
hey!
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Hop out of the Jeep and try to crack the other gunmen on the head with my shotgun.
Penny Gronbeck
shift to crinos and go for the gunman that doesn't have Logan on him.
Flaming One
Blugeon, not shoot, correct?
Dina O'Shire
<yep... sorry long day... logan continues to pummel the hapless melted gunman on the ground...>
Jamey Minnis
join the club, dude. I was up at 6:30 finishing packing to move this morning...
Flaming One
Justin? Blugeon or shoot?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
bludgeon... sorry
Flaming One
Okay.
Flaming One
So, this is what happens.
Dina O'Shire
[private]poor tj... having to deal with all us unrepentant jokers and such! i think we're all having hella-fun though man! ;)
Flaming One
The gunman on the ground takes his gun, places it directly in Logan's stomach and squeezes. Logan manages to turn just in time to avoid the most of it, but the flash and what did hit him knocks him back.
Flaming One
The other gunman retreates behind the hood of the car, not knowing that is in the direction of the *thing*.
Flaming One
Screaming a war cry, Runs shifts into werewolf-killing-mode and leaps onto the car and thence in from of the beast, in full challenge.
Flaming One
George jumps out of the jeep, but can't get close enough with Logan, Julie and demeter in the way.
Flaming One
Demeter, a bit raging herself, shits attempts to tackle the other gunman. However, the car is in the way. She does, however, get to his flank.
Flaming One
Meanwhile, the *think* notices Runs and does a kind of half-gurgle half-laugh. Its arms shoot forward, grabbing Runs. They squeeze, very hard. Soack 3 levels of bashing, Jamey.
Dina O'Shire
<do the rest of us see our chief getting hurt?>
Jamey Minnis
2235689 - 3 successes.
Flaming One
You are a little to focused, Mr. Logan.
Flaming One
Runs: You laugh off the pain, breaking the thing's grip. Decls?
Penny Gronbeck
still going for the gunman.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Try to get Julie away from the fighting.
Dina O'Shire
PUMMEL
Dina O'Shire
GET
Dina O'Shire
THEM
Jamey Minnis
I'd like to go for the jugular. with my jaws.
Flaming One
K. Demeter: Kill or subdue (I assume the first, Crinos ain't very sublte)
Penny Gronbeck
we'll kill.
Flaming One
Coolio. Noted.
Flaming One
Demeter lungs for the gunman. A swipe rips a wide gash into his right arm, and he almost drops the gun.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
George will use the line "Come with me if you want to live."
Flaming One
Logan, angry now. tries to kill the second gunman. With a luckly break. he grabs him by the head and shakes. the noise is distrubing.
Dina O'Shire
<drooling> GET... THEM...
Flaming One
Julia is screaming. Incohrent, she'll clings to George as they retreat.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
"Shh, don't worry, missy. Tribal Police handle this kind of thing all the time."
Flaming One
Runs lungles in for the kill: Dex+Brawl, diff 8 for the target
Jamey Minnis
OOC: george can comfort her... ; >
Jamey Minnis
12800 - 2
Flaming One
You latch on for the kill: roll damage (str+3)
Jamey Minnis
67779 - 5, I believe.
Flaming One
Yup. You trear into the fiend, but its flesh is surprisingly tough. And that isn't all: as you pierce the skin, acid sprays from the wound. Thats 3 levles of agg damage, Jamey.
Jamey Minnis
what do I need to roll to soak?
Flaming One
Wolfies can soak agg, but I'm going to say its diff 8 for ya.
Jamey Minnis
Ow.
Jamey Minnis
1245880 - again 3, because in the new rules 1's don't subtract on damage and soak...?
Flaming One
You soak, but the acid stings your eyes. The creature grins widely as it grapples you. This time the hold its good; you can't escape (this round).
Jamey Minnis
ok.
Flaming One
Finally, the last gunman, hurt, surrounded by danger, and partner dead, does the only thing he can: from under his jacket, he pulls a small vial. His fist closes, and the vial breaks. Darkness pours forth.....
Flaming One
Done!
Flaming One
:)
Penny Gronbeck
wow, nice suspension point.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Game over?
Flaming One
For the night.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
XP?
Flaming One
You want XP now?
Flaming One
;)
Dina O'Shire
PUMMEL... GET... THEM...
Dina O'Shire
or, um... XP?
Jamey Minnis
TJ, you're a big tease in these games... ; >
Jamey Minnis
XP?
Dina O'Shire
tease tease tease!
Flaming One
You love you. As for XP. Matts not hear, but if you give me learning curve, I can give you tonight's only (I have to review for the rest).
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Damon's learning curve - that which we touch, touches us.
Flaming One
MMmmm... cluehammered. ;p
Jamey Minnis
well, I learned that that tentacled thing sucks. And that apparently the people I thought might be the big problem here may not be...
Flaming One
Who did you think?
Justin Robinson-Prickett
They will kneel before me.
Penny Gronbeck
Beating people up doesn't necessarily get you anywhere, and she and Damon are probably affecting each other in ways they don't know about.
Flaming One
Dina-ling-dong?
Penny Gronbeck
(maybe that's effecting... I have the worst trouble with those....)
Dina O'Shire
dina's curve... hmmmmmm... she didn't do much tonight but watch... and watching got her nothing... mayhap, it IS her God-given fate in this fleeting life to act quickly and instinctively rather than wait and watch her fellows fall... perhaps her paranoia IS a gift from th eLord...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Oh, man... this is gonna get scary.
Dina O'Shire
and mayhap, she thinks too much and acts too little...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Okay, now that is comedy.
Flaming One
Okay: Dina - I wouldn't say that's a learing curve. You know something no one else does, but I digress. 3 xp
Jamey Minnis
that would be a teddy character first... ; >
Dina O'Shire
and mayhap, the Lord's silence is His Divine Way of prompting her to trust herself...
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Come on, reach for that point!
Flaming One
Justin: 4
Dina O'Shire
and mayhap cease her looking for Answers from Above,,,
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Thankee kindly.
Flaming One
Ivy: 3 (not as active this time around, but that was kind of Justin's show)..
Dina O'Shire
dina knows something no one else does? like that the porter was the fortean times leak?
Penny Gronbeck
yeah, I know... Ivy hits them, Damon talks at them.
Justin Robinson-Prickett
Talks _to_ them. :)
Flaming One
Jamey: I'd say 3. Getting there, but not quite heroic enough.
Dina O'Shire
or, mayhap, that that strange chick is kinda the key to all of this so far... OH YEAH... forgot about that, didn't i? ;)
Flaming One
You had your chance.
Jamey Minnis
keep stretching, teddy...
Dina O'Shire
(tj: does this xp include the last few times you didn';t give it out?)
Flaming One
If it did, that'd suck. No, I told you I need to review my notes on those.
Even Death must die.
